Holder for cups or plates.



N0. 687,020. I Patented Nov. l9,. l90l. E. K. HALLENBERG.

HOLDER FOR CUPS 0R PLATES.

(Application filed Mar. 2, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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A TTUHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

ELEONORE-K. HALLEN BERG, OF PEWEE VALLEY, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OFONE-THIRD TO ADOLPH HALLENB'ERG, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HOLDER FOR CUPS OR PLATES.

$PECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,020, dated November19, 1901.

7 Application filed March 2, 190;. Serial No. 49,601. (No model.)

T0 otZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, ELEONORE K. HALLEN- BERG, residing at Pewee Valley,in the county of Oldham and State of Kentucky, have made certain new anduseful Improvements in Holders for Cups or Plates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is my object to provide an improved holder for cups, plates, orpictures which shall'be particularly adapted for suspension from a shelfor other fixed object and to assume and maintain a position in which thecup and plate or other objects shall be held projected forward, so as toexhibit them to the best advantage.

The invention further includes a movable device adapted to engage platesor pictures of different diameters and also to serve as a support forcups or other articlesthat are to be exhibited along with the plates orpictures.

The invention is adapted for self-support upon a suitable base, it beingconstructed as a tripod and one of its legs being hinged so as to foldor lie between the others when not required for use.

The details of construction are as shown in the accompanying drawings,in which-= Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my device supportedupon a horizontal surface as in use. Fig. 2 is a side view showing thedevice suspended from a shelf or other fixed support and supporting acup and saucer in the required position. showing the deviceself-supported on a horizontal surface and having a cup and saucerattached. e

The body or main portion of the holder is formed of wire, preferablyasingle piece, the

same being bent or doubled at the middle of.

Fig. 3 is a side view.

due position to exhibit a sauceror other ar' ticle. The sharp bendproduced, at e, between a and b, serves as a sort of loop for use insuspending the holder from a book .2, as

shown in Fig. 2, the said hook being secured to the under side of ashelf or other fixed object. A saucer a: or a picture or card may besupported on the legs a, and its upper edge is engaged by the downwardbend of a hook g, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.. The saucer is thus securedso that/it cannot be detached without disengaging the said hook. Forthis purpose and also to accommodate saucers,

&c., of difierent diameters or lengths the hook g is adapted to slidevertically on the part a of the holder. The book is preferably formed ofwire,which is coiled about the part a and projects forward, as shown. Itis apparent that the book may serve as a .con-' 76 venient supportorattachment for a cup y, which will in that case hang in front of the topportion of the saucer 00. When the holder is suspended from a hook z,the weight of the saucer and cup would cause it to swing backward, andthus the goods would not be exhibited to the best advantage,particularly if the shelf beplaced high. In this case the rearprojection or prong of the part 0. serves to hold the body or lowerportion of the holder 80 projected forward in due position, as shown inFig. 2, by reason ofcont-act of such prong with the shelf. In otherwords, the prong serves as a lever and the hook as a fulcrum formaintaining the said position of the goods.

-vertical position, as in Fig. 2, or to be extended for supporting theholder, as in Figs. 5

l and 3. In order to prevent the leg 0' from projectingor sliding toofar, a prong b is provided as an attachment of the sleeve b, the sameserving as a stop or shoulder with which the leg 0' engages when in theextended po- IOQ sition.

As thus constructed my improved holder A sleeve 1) incloses the go isadapted for use in the ordinary Way upon a horizontal or inclinedsupport and also for suspension at any desired angle from a shelf orother fixed object.

\Vhat I claim is 1. The improved holder for the purpose specifiedcomprising the body portion suitably constructed for supporting articlesto be displayed, and having a top part consisting of a Wire providedwith a bend that adapts it for suspension as shown, and a prong a,extending rearwardly and to a greater height than said bend, to adapt itfor contact with the supportfrom which the holder is suspended andtohold the body or lowerportion of the holder projected forward,substantially as shown and described.

2. The improved holder for cups and saucers, consisting of the bodyformed of two curved and divergent legs, having shoulders, and thestraight upper part extending above the junction of said legs, and thehook g mounted and adapted to slide vertically on such upper part, andto engage the upper edges of saucers of difierent diameters, substantially as shown and described.

ELEONORE K. HALLENBERG.

Witnesses:

GUSTAV HALLENBERG, ADOLPH HALLENBERG.

